Lockhart Automotive

Treat your ride to a quick oil swap, tire remix, and checkup at Expert Car Care, where all technicians in the garage are certified by the National Institute for Automotive Excellence, a collective tasked with dividing the grease monkeys from the jungle-jumping expatriate monkeys who merely pose as mechanics. Expert's veteran technicians will quickly swap out your car's oily soul, then carefully reposition your tires, compensating for any uneven wear caused by vehicle weight distribution and ever-shifting road conditions. Before your sweet stallion gets a lolli for good behavior, the experts will comb over 50 specific points for any reasons to deny them the sugary taste of road-safe praise.

With 18 years of experience in the business, mechanic Brandee Wilcox and his wife, Rebecca, opened an automotive company focused on building a trusting relationship with customers. At Wilcox & Son Automotive, you’ll receive easy-to-understand advice on what’s up with your car, whether it needs new oil or just to be told that it is loved. The full-service facility keeps visiting vehicles in running order with routine oil changes and inspections, along with more extensive procedures such as engine repairs and replacements.

Royalte Professional Wash and Detailing LLC calls upon microfiber towels and extra-soft boar’s-hair brushes to restore shine to vehicles of all sizes. Its shelves are loaded with special potions from Meguiar's, Menzerna, 3M, Swissvax, and Chemical Guys. The crew doles out four wash and detailing packages, from swift hand washes and interior wipe downs to full-blown details, complete with interior shampooing and a dual-action polish machine to make rims and passengers' braces gleam.

Auto Spa's pack of polishers bathe vehicles with an array of meticulous cleaning services. Horseless chariots receive the loving care of Auto Spa's dirt exorcists, who execute a variety of detailing, hand-washing, and waxing options to leave roadsters glossier than a glistening sea lion.

Most auto shops have a waiting room where patrons can relax in a plush chair and watch TV while their car is serviced. Tennis Garage—which hasn’t moved since it opened in 1957—does one better by augmenting the typical waiting-room experience with a driving range and a game room complete with a pool table that converts into a ping-pong table. While drivers take advantage of these diversions, the shop’s ASE-certified mechanics set to work, treating rides to a slew of automotive maintenance and repair services including oil changes, tune-ups, brake repair, and heating and cooling services. They enlist the electronic expertise of computerized diagnostic equipment to quickly identify problems in order to keep domestic and foreign vehicles driving smoothly and not at war with each other.

As auto owners initiate custom scrub-downs in Xtreme Kleen Car Wash's five self-service bays, roadsters surrender to three levels of five-minute mechanical washing in one of two automatic bays. The Super Basic wash, Ultimate wash, and Xtreme wash all commence with a presoak that blasts away bug residue and dust-doodled composite sketches of impolite hitchhikers before machines scrub undercarriages and exteriors to a dry, spot-free shine. An Ultimate wash adds in hot wax and a double pass of blow-drying, and Xtreme washes run the full gamut of amenities, including a triple-foam wax conditioner and a sheer coat of protection against attacks from the elements or disgruntled former chauffeurs who were displaced by cruise control.